The power roundup: New developments in the battery space (Vanderbilt undergraduate Thomas Metke demonstrates the ultrathin energy harvesting device which is taped across his elbow. As he flexes his arm the current the device generates is displayed on the ...

Powerful molecules can hitch rides on a plentiful human protein and signal tumors to self-destruct, a team of Vanderbilt University engineers found. Their research gives oncologists a better shot at overcoming the problems of drug resistance, toxicity to ...

Scientists have developed a smart, mechanised undergarment that can help reduce stress and pain on the lower back muscles. Engineers at the Vanderbilt University in the US combined biomechanics and advances in wearable technology to create the undergarment.

Clothes that double up as cell-phone charger could be a reality soon as researchers have found a way to generate electricity from human motion.Researchers from Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory of US-based Vanderbilt University have developed an ...

Rejoice coffee lovers! Researchers have recently improved the accuracy of a scanner used to map the skull of nose and throat surgical patients with six cups of ground coffee.The team has designed a 'granular jamming cap' filled with coffee grounds that can ...

&& A lot of us are gearing up for summer weather, but if you were living on the newly discovered planet designated KELT-9b, no amount of sun protection products would be able to help you. Astronomers at Ohio State and Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University ...

Visiting a church, temple or a mosque may lower your stress levels, boost physical health and increase life expectancy, a new study claims. Researchers from Vanderbilt University in the US found that adults between the age group of 40 to 65 years who attend ...

The United States Senate has confirmed Indian-American Judge Amul Thapar to a key judicial position on the powerful US court of appeals. The first Indian-American to be nominated by US President Donald Trump for the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, Thapar was confirmed by the Senate 52-44, a vote which took place on party lines. With this, Thapar will become the second South Asian judge to be on a US Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears appeals from Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan.